Category Archives: Israel

The myth of “the deal of the century”

Posted on June 16, 2018 by

Here is an English version of my latest Arabic piece in Al-Hurra on how imaginative plots have been weaponised and used to demonise certain Arab countries, particularly Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Egypt.   Photo from latest protests in Jordan- via … Continue reading →

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Islamists and Zionism

Posted on November 20, 2017 by

Here is an English version of my latest piece for Al-Hurra   Arthur James Balfour One hundred years ago this month, on November 2, 1917, British Foreign Secretary, Arthur James Balfour, sent a letter to the Jewish community leader, Lord Rothschild, … Continue reading →

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Jerusalem and the death of hope

Posted on July 23, 2017 by

Photo via Reuters   Tension has erupted again in Jerusalem. Six people have lost their lives; three Palestinians in street clashes with Israeli security forces in Jerusalem, and three Israelis in a stabbing attack at a West Bank settlement last … Continue reading →

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Egyptian Aak 2016-Week 47 ( Nov21-27)

Posted on November 28, 2016 by

Top Headlines  An Egyptian court revokes the death sentence of Egypt’s ex-president Morsi Egypt’s Sisi expresses support for Syrian military Egypt denies sending military troops to Syria The US State Department removed Egypt from its travel warning list Egypt and … Continue reading →

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Shimon Peres’s Funeral and the Arab World

Posted on October 2, 2016 by

Shimon Peres, one of the founders of Israel, has passed away. Many international dignitaries attended his funeral, although many Arab leaders from countries that officially signed peace treaties with Israel were absent. Furthermore, those who attended the funeral, such as … Continue reading →

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Egyptian Aak 2016 -Week 27 -2016 (July 4-10)

Posted on July 10, 2016 by

Egyptian foreign minister visits Israel Top Headlines Egyptian foreign minister to talk Middle East peace in rare visit to Israel Egypt to receive alleged Egypt Air MS804 wreckage washed ashore in Israel Traders are betting Egypt will weaken the pound … Continue reading →

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Israel and al-Nusra

Posted on June 24, 2015 by

A tank on the Israeli side of the border in the Golan Heights, near Majdal Shams. BAZ RATNER/REUTERS Until last week, against the backdrop of the ongoing civil war in Syria, the Israeli-annexed part of the Golan Heights had been … Continue reading →

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Lessons for Sinai from Yemen

Posted on February 10, 2015 by

(Egyptian air force chief adel Hafez with air force pilots in Yemen. 1964. wikimedia photo)  I wrote this piece for The Atlantic Council’s Egypt Source, hope you like it Following the recent major attacks by militants that killed at least twenty-seven … Continue reading →

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Egypt and the Jewish Rabbi Abu-Hasira

Posted on January 5, 2015 by

Yacoub or Jacob Abu Hasira. (photo:Wikimedia Commons) Egypt – A court in Alexandria has canceled an annual Jewish festival commemorating the birthday of Abu-Hasira, a leading 19th-century Moroccan Rabbi (1805-1880). The festival was due to take place on January 9 … Continue reading →

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The myth of Sisi’s Sinai proposal

Posted on September 18, 2014 by

  (Photo via Cairo Post) Initially published in Al-Monitor A few days ago, a claim surfaced that Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi offered to give part of the Sinai Peninsula to the Palestinians to expand the Gaza Strip and create a … Continue reading →

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